Gurumina, rescued 9/7/07
For 18 years, I’ve had the privilege of serving as the founder and executive director of Palomacy. This is a hard post for me to write: I am retiring at the end of this month. I am happy and sad both.
Long-time, high-impact volunteer Cynthia Bardouka-Large is joining our amazing and heroic Jill Shepard as Co-Director. They are a dream team, and I know that Palomacy will soar on beautifully. I am excited for the new energy and ideas that will carry this movement forward. (I call it Palomacy 2.0) I am so grateful and proud to have such an incredible flock of dedicated volunteers helping, rescuing, transporting, fostering, outreaching and educating, doing the behind the scenes admin and development, grant writing, fundraising, acting as our Board, assisting with coaching and retention, serving the phone line and our giant online Help Group -every day on the front lines as first responders- all to assist the nonstop river of lost, hurt and found birds.
I am amazed by the incredible, life-saving, world-changing work of our big and ever-growing community. We are helping so many pigeons, doves and people.
And these little birds who are so dear and humble and proud and brave. They love life and they love being helped. The relief felt by a rescued pigeon is unmistakeable. They know they are being helped. Together we are generating vital compassion that makes everything better for everyone. Learning about pigeons leads to loving pigeons which unlocks kindness we didn’t even realize was missing.
None of this would have been possible without you. THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME PALOMACY! Please continue your very generous support of this much needed work.
The challenges are daunting. The number of birds needing rescue still far exceeds the resources available. We rescuers are brutally outnumbered by the people who breed, use and lose these domestic birds for their sports, businesses and hobbies- as if they were disposable. That imbalance is shifting though, as cruel traditions die out while pigeon rescuing and rehoming surges. We are making progress! The growth in people rescuing, rehabbing, rehoming and adopting pigeons has been phenomenal. And, with your strong support all these years, Palomacy has been a leader helping to drive this advance.
With all my heart, thank you for doing this with me, for helping so many birds, and for leading with compassion.
I’ll be around. I’m not going anywhere. I’m leaving the job as of 9/30 but not the work. I hope my next chapter will be as meaningful as this one.
With love and gratitude,
AdoptKings@gmail.com, 415 420-7204